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Council Minutes of 6/15/2004 commissions. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. • Ordinance 2004-100, an ordinance authorizing the Director of Planning to solicit proposals for specialized planning and design services related to the creation of design guidelines and a streetscape plan for the City of North Olmsted; further authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the consultatrt selected in the RFP process and declaring an emergency. Our city planner has worked extremely diligently on this particular issue as she is doing the Master Plan review. She presented what is the Request for Proposal process to acquire architectural services to create design standard guidelines and a streetscaping plan for the city. Ms. Wenger indicated she hopes to solicit proposals in July with selection in August for a six to eight-month long process. This legislation will be considered this evening for passage under suspension of the rule so she can get moving on that. What Ms. Wenger has suggested is that a selection board, consisting of perhaps representatives from the Architectural Review Beard, the Planning Commission, City Council and perhaps even the Chamber of Commerce, assist in the selection process and insure that the plan that is being developed is one that meets the wide interests of the city as a whole. Some targets for streetscaping were Great Northern Blvd., Lorain Road, Brookpark Road, and Butternut Ridge Road. The design criteria would be uniformly applied to the entire city so we can get some uniform activity in the city as opposed to some of the hodgepodge which has gone on for most of our history. Funding was approved earlier this year and is approximately $25,000 for both of those services. This is a combined funding source of the General Fund and the Economic Development Fund which has money available for these types of things. The committee unanimously recommended approval of the legislation. • Resolution 2004-101, a resolution authorizing the Director of Public Service to advertise for bids for a vinyl fence to be installed on property of the new library adjacent to City Hall and NOMBL buildings and further authorizing the Mayor, after Board of Control approval, to execute a contract with the lowest and best bidder. This is a proposal to bid for a vinyl fence along the east side of the library property. Concerns at this point include safety where we have students cutting through the property, the library and around the NOMBL lot. There is also some concern about the pedestrian/vehicle conflict with buses coming and going. There are numerous blind spots in that area which could prove hazardous to children as there currently is no fencing to stop them from entering the property. One other concern raised was simple esthetics to try to screen some of the Service Dept. yard from the library. The third concern was vandalism and trying to control access at times when city employees are not necessarily there to watch what was going on. Mr. Driscoll indicated he would like the fence installed by the time school resumes in the fall. Mr. Miller suggested some additional mounding with the fencing be considered, which may further limit access to the lot. He also suggested perhaps the library be consulted for contribution and assistance in the project. The estimated cost is $30,000 fora 600 foot, 6 foot high vinyl fence. Funding would be from the library fund. Jim Burns, representative from the Chamber of Commerce and Friends of the Library, suggested that the library would be more inclined to prefer a board on board type of fence. There was also some discussion about whether or not the fence should 9